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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I’ll chime in to say it has decreased my quality of life.
My house is about 1 km from the ring road and I spend a lot of time in my back yard. The roar and noise from the road is oppressive and relentless. And no, it’s not a normal urban traffic noise - I’ve lived downtown, I’ve lived in close proximity to Crowchild and to Macleod, and I have a friend who backs directly onto Blackfoot, and none of those were anywhere close to as noisy as the ring road. Traffic on an elevated 6-lane highway with no trees or sound barrier doing 100-120 is far louder than any other traffic noise in the city.
So now my happy place - my yard and deck with its trees and gardens and sunshine - where I spend several hours a day weather permitting, is an unpleasant to be. It’s pretty much intolerable without noise cancelling headphones. We know another couple in the area who had planned to stay in their home through retirement who are now looking to move.
Which isn’t to say the city was wrong to build the road, or that it isn’t a net gain for Calgarians. But these projects have winners and losers, and people in my neighbourhood are big time losers from this one.
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yeah, it really is the whine of the bikes that’s the worst. The constant roar and drone of cars you can just about get used to. But the high whine of a bike winding it out makes you stop any conversation you’re having until it dies away in 10-15 seconds. And they go by about every two minutes once the weather turns.
I avidly follow the news around the noise meters that are being tested and used for traffic enforcement in some cities.
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What part of Calgary are you in? I was not aware of any elevated sections of the ring road other than ramps at interchanges.
We live about 1km from the RR in Tuscany and I don't find it bad. Yes the traffic noise is constant and for sure the bikes are more noticeable (in summer they continually race up the hill, turn around and go back down to the bottom and repeat) but not to the point that it's unbearable or conversation is difficult.